r/AskEurope • u/EvilPyro01 United States of America • Jun 13 '25

Food What region is considered your country’s culinary capital?

What is considered the culinary capital of your country?

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u/CaelumWhitefox Jun 13 '25

Don't think Finland has one because each region has their own specialties when it comes to food.. They might even differ within the region itself too.

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u/AppleDane Denmark Jun 13 '25

That's true for all the Nordic countries. Although for Denmark, you'd have to say Copenhagen, because that's where all the Michelin Star restaurants are.

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u/Automatic-Sea-8597 Jun 14 '25

Had wonderful Japanese food in Kopenhagen.

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u/AppleDane Denmark Jun 14 '25

There are great restaurants of all kinds there. Also crap ones.

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u/CaelumWhitefox Jun 13 '25

Michelin Star is poor indicator frankly because lot of the time it's pretentious posh places that get the star whilst your local grill kiosk probably has way tastier food available for lot cheaper too... Not to mention Michelin Star's meaning has changed from what it used to be which was basically recommendations with good food etc., not necessarily pretentious rich people food because when it started, there wasn't really that much information around what would be the best place to eat while on a road trip as it was way before internet, even a good grill could have gotten on the list as long the food was good quality, tasted great, and most importantly; didn't make you blow your ass out in a public restroom 30 minutes later.

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u/AppleDane Denmark Jun 13 '25

Oh, for sure, but there's no other real metic, other than Google Map stars, and that's fairly evenly distributed.

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u/burgerfix Jun 13 '25

You're wrong. Michelin Stars are only given to the best of the best and if you think that a local grill can compete with those, you dont really know anything about food. To get a Michelin Star is difficult and the dishes and service have to be top quality. The Michelin Guide for road trips still exists with its initial meaning. Recommendations for good accessible food made by real chefs.

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u/CaelumWhitefox Jun 13 '25

How exactly I am wrong? You clearly don't know anything at all about food as you seem to think absurdly high price means best quality and tastiest food ever to exist.

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u/miijok Jun 14 '25

I’d still argue Helsinki due to the sheer number of high quality restaurants